CVE-2022-25224 Information

Description

Proton v0.2.0 allows an attacker to create a malicious link inside a markdown file. When the victim clicks the link the application opens the site in the current frame allowing an attacker to host JavaScript code in the malicious link in order to trigger an XSS attack. The ’nodeIntegration’ configuration is set to on which allows the ‘webpage’ to use ‘NodeJs’ features an attacker can leverage this to run OS commands.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Reference

https://fluidattacks.com/advisories/lennon/

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

CHANGED

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

LOW

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

5.4